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Infinity has released new graphite front upper and lower arms for its recently released IF11 1/10th scale formula car. Sold separately but used as a set, the new arms increase the front track width by 4mm in total or 2mm each side, making the car more stable to drive on high-grip tracks.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]

The opening round of the HNMC 1/10th Winter Series was held at the Herts Nitro Model Club in the UK. Held in ever changing, slippery conditions the 2WD Buggy class was won by Karl Jackson from Paul Timberlake. Nigel Buck came in 3rd to round out the podium in front of 4th placed Darren Windsor and 5th placed Alex Carter.

Image: Paul Timberlake

Shepherd have introduced the Nineteen upgrade set for their successful Velox V10 1/10th 200mm nitro on-road kit. Coming just in time for the IMFAR 1/10th Nitro On-road World Championships in Miami, the set contains new rear lower wishbones, new hinge pin brackets as well as a new rear upper arm mount. The updated hinge pin position makes the Velox V10 turn-in faster without loosing traction while a higher overall cornering speed is achieved. The hinge pin brackets are made of high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium with blue or black anodising finish while the upper arm mount his milled from high-quality carbon fibre material. The lower wishbones have been completely redesigned to fit the updated geometry and are moulded from premium composite material. They are also available as a hard version with additional glas fibre to better suit hot conditions. The set fits current and older spec V10 kits and they are also available separately for spares or repair.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

The first round of the newly-formed Yokomo Australian Touring Series ATS took place last weekend at the Melbourne Radio Controlled Circuit Racers (MRCCR) Circuit in Lilydale, Victoria. The ATS brings a fresh approach to EP On-Road racing in Australia, aiming to provide the best racing, experience and entertainment possible to all involved, while maintaining a focus on racer enjoyment. Several of Australia’s top Modified drivers joined the field in Lilydale, making the battle out front very exciting. Seeding practice went to Ryan Maker by a 0.7s margin over Jesse Davis and Sandy Iavazzo. However Davis picked up the pace in qualifying, snatching the win in rounds 1 and 3, while Maker played a slightly different tire strategy to win rounds 2 and 4, holding the overnight TQ before round 5 on Sunday morning.

The stage was set for a close fight for the overall TQ, while Sandy Iavazzo put in solid runs to hold 3rd. The overall TQ was ultimately decided with Ryan Maker having a spin at around the halfway point, allowing Jesse Davis to stretch out and take the top spot on the grid for the finals.

In the finals, Davis encountered trouble and allowed Maker to snatch the A1 win, before bouncing back and taking A2 to set an A3 decider between the two, while Antoni Caretti still held a chance of causing an upset with a best result of 2nd place in A1. In the 3rd leg, Davis wasted no time trying to build a gap over Maker, but caught the kerb in the infield, allowing Maker to close the gap in an exciting battle. The pair were lapping traffic around the 2-minute mark; when Maker collided with another car, leading to his retirement from A3 and robbing us of the close battle for the win. Jesse Davis Powered home to take the overall win from Ryan Maker in 2nd and Antoni Caretti stepping into 3rd.

Touring Modified final results:
1. Jesse Davis
2. Ryan Maker
3. Antoni Caretti
4. Sandy Iavazzo
5. Chris Kalfoglou
6. Brian Stewart
7. David Mohorovic
8. Chris Schmidt
9. Ryan Withers
10.Jade Miller
11.Renato Benci

13.5T Pro Stock Touring, the largest field of the weekend, proved tough to rise to the top, as Tom De Nardis drove with confidence all weekend long. Starting out on the top of the time sheets in seeding practice, De Nardis never looked back as he stormed to a convincing clean sweep of all 5 qualifying rounds ahead of youngster Jordan Hunting and David Calwell. The finals were much the same, Hunting looked close in the early stages of each main, but ultimately De Nardis would put on a clinic, sweeping all three Mains in a procession ahead of Hunting and Calwell rounding out the podium.

Touring Pro Stock final results:
1. Tom De Nardis
2. Jordan Hunting
3. David Calwell
4. Andrew Sienniak
5. Wayne Edwards
6. Rob Jones
7. Chris Charmoun
8. John Krillis
9. Joe Fekete
10.Blair Cradick

In a tight 21.5T Stock Touring field, Glenn Wilson led a powerhouse charge right from the seeding runs, Wilson recorded the fastest top 3 consecutive laps by 0.7s ahead of Michael Powell and Scott Griffiths. Wilson would go on to take the overall TQ by winning 3 of the 5 rounds, ahead of Trevor Waye throwing down fast runs from the opposing qualifying heat, and Scott Giles in 3rd. As finals came around, Wilson put on a driving clinic, sweeping all three A-mains by over 5 seconds to secure the overall win, while the rest behind him battled for the remaining positions. Michael Powell put in a storming performance from 6th on the grid to secure 2nd overall in a tiebreak from Trevor Waye in 3rd.

Touring Stock final results:
1. Glenn Wilson
2. Michael Powell
3. Trevor Waye
4. Scott Giles
5. Nick Krillis
6. Richard Hopkins
7. Aaron De Fina
8. David Whittam
9. Peter Miller
10.Scott Griffiths
11.Chris Nickelson
12.Ryan Easte

In 1/12th Stock Tom De Nardis showed solid pace once again, repeating his efforts from the 13.5 Pro Stock class, as he took the top seed ahead of Antoni Caretti and Paul Sims. De Nardis carried this pace into qualifying, taking 4 of the 5 rounds to secure the overall TQ. However there was a stir from deep in the field as Ricky Vocale began to find more pace as the event wore on, after seeding 10th overall, Vocale won the final round with the fastest time of the weekend, securing 2nd on the grid ahead of Paul Sims, the stage was set for some exiting racing across the triple 8-minute A mains!
In A1, Vocale got the better of De Nardis, who seemed to be battling some minor car troubles; as Vocale took first honours leading home De Nardis 2nd and Brian Stewart 3rd. A2 saw De Nardis throw down the gauntlet, putting in the fastest run of the day to lead home Vocale by 6.5 seconds and Scott Callaghan in 3rd, forcing the overall to be decided in A3. De Nardis got away clean for the first few laps of A3, but trouble struck again, allowing Ricky Vocale to slip through to the lead. Vocale didn’t have it all easy though, as he had some trouble later in the run, only managing to sneak home for the overall win by 0.8s over Scott Callaghan and Paul Sims in 3rd. Vocale taking 2 A main wins to win from Tom De Nardis 2nd and Scott Callaghan 3rd.

1/12th Stock final results:
1. Ricky Vocale
2. Tom De Nardis
3. Scott Callaghan
4. Brian Stewart
5. Paul Sims
6. John Krillis
7. Chris Schmidt
8. Scott Giles
9. Rob Jones
10.Hugh Benbow
11.Blair Cradick

The next round of the Yokomo Australian Touring series is February 8-10, 2019 at the RRCSA Circuit in Littlehampton, South Australia.

Source: Australian Touring Series [atsrc.com.au]

The Vierzon astro turf track played host to the 2018 French Cup for 1/10th electric off-road this past weekend. Xray’s Armand Lantheaume double TQ’d the 2WD and 4WD Mod Buggy classes, however in the 2WD A-mains it was Xray’s Jean-Pierrick Sartel with the win, leaving behind Young Clement Boda (Team Associated) on the runner-up spot. Armand Lantheaume would round out the top 3 podium result. Over in the 4WD class Armand was able to defend his top spot, taking the A-main win from Jean-Pierrick Sartel in 2nd and Mathieu Briere in 3rd.

Images: RedworksShop [facebook.com]

The Coup de France race was held in Evry over the weekend, attracting some of the country’s fastest nitro on-road drivers. Ini the 1/10th 200mm class it was Kevin Rasquin with the TQ from Basile Concialdi in 2nd. In the 45-minute A-main it was Basile who would hold the upper hand, bringing home the win by three laps in front of Kevin. Clement Bioy would round out the top 3 result another three laps down.

Image: Basile Concialdi

The third and final round of the Indonesian 1/10th Electric On-road National Championship was held at East RC Speedway this past weekend. Weather was great all day and in the primary Touring Modified class it was points standing leader Bowie Ginting who looked the TQ spot after the qualifiers. Arya Seta started from the 2nd spot while Christian Mamesah had to settle for 3rd after the qualifiers. After the triple A-mains the top 3 order would remain the same as Bowie went on to win A1 and A3 for the overall as Arya came out on top in A2 to secure himself the 2nd overall position. With this result Bowie took the overall championship as Chandra Yosef snatched the vice-championship.

Final results:
1. Bowie Ginting – Serpent/Hobbywing
2. Arya Seta – Xray/Muchmore
3. Christian Mamesah – Serpent/Hobbywing
4. Peter Anthonijsz – Xray/Hobbywing
5. Martinus Ardo – Xray/Hobbywing
6. Ray Timothy – Xray/Hobbywing
7. Ronny Suwarto – Xray/Muchmore
8. Chandra Yosef – Xray/Nosram
9. Clarence Hartono – Xray/Hobbywing
10.Suwardi Suliandy – Xray/Muchmore

Thanks to Bowie Ginting for the report.

Hobbywing have introduced two new titanium-bonded rotors for the V10 G3 series of brushless motors. The characteristic of the rotors will provide a smoother pickup acceleration without sacrificing top speed. This will help to tune motors especially to lower grip asphalt and carpet conditions as it aids car control out of tight corners. Available variants are a 5-12.5 and 5-12.3 that come individually marked for easy identification.

Source: Hobbywing [hobbywing.com]
http://www.hobbywing.com/article.php?id=235

Round 1 of the 2018/19 Winter Points Series was held at P&T Hobbies in Indiana. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was JP Richards with the TQ and win from Galen McCreary on the 2 spot. The podium was rounded out by RC legend Brian Dunbar who recently came back out of retirement.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

The TSAR track near Toulouse played host to last weekend’s final round of the French 1/8th Nitro Buggy Championship. The race for the overall TQ was a very entertaining one with three different top qualifiers in four rounds. Ultimately it was TLR’s Renaud Savoya with the overall and he would also start from pole position into the 45-minute A-main event. In the opening lap however Renaud made a mistake, leaving Team Associated’s Tom Robin as well as Xray’s Yannick and Jerome Aigoin battling for the lead. Savoya eventually recovered to take the top spot again only to run in mechanical issues in the later stages of the race that cost him a lap. From there he suffered with pace which allowed Tom Robin to take the lead in the closing stages and to take the win from Jerome and Yannick. Renaud ended the race on the 4 spot which was enough for him to take the overall championship title.

Source: Circus RC [circusrc.com]